| Beck v. Ohio | |
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| Argued October 15, 1964 Decided November 23, 1964 | |
| Full case name | Beck v Ohio |
| Citations | 379 U.S. 89 (more) 85 S. Ct. 223; 13 L. Ed. 2d 142 |
| Holding | |
| No probable cause for petitioner's arrest having been shown, the arrest, and therefore necessarily the search for and seizure of the slips incident thereto, were invalid under the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Stewart, joined by Warren, Douglas, Brennan, White, Goldberg |
| Dissent | Clark, joined by Black |
| Dissent | Harlan |
| Laws applied | |
| U.S. Const. amend. IV | |
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Beck v. Ohio, 379 U.S. 89 (1964), is a United States Supreme Court decision concerning evidence obtained as part of an unlawful arrest. Reversing the Ohio Supreme Court's decision, the U.S. Supreme Court held that Ohio police arrested defendant without probable cause, so the criminally-punishable evidence found on his person during an incidental search was inadmissible. Accordingly, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated defendant's conviction.